tele

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tele"

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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of words starting with tele-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛli/
Rhymes: -ɛli

Noun

tele (countable and uncountable, plural teles)

(rare) Alternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”).
- 1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 9:
  All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]
- 2013 September 10, Robert, “Arthritis pain: ’Pain levels down to half ... and just a feeling of freedom’”, in National Post‎^[1], Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC:
  I saw Dr. Ho on the tele and watched with somewhat of doubt.
  (Can we archive this URL?)
- 2019, Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case:
  They were up late, talking and watching television. Peter will never forget what happened just after they had gone to bed. 'It's like it was yesterday. We'd just been watching tele and went to bed at about 2.30 am. […]
- 2023 May 3, Mick Brown, “Has Britain fallen out of love with the monarchy?”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[2], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 May 2023:
  To Leo [Ellis], growing up, the Royal family were ‘like celebrities, when Kate and William got married, watching them on the tele’.
- 2024 March 26, Tom Garry, quoting Joey Barton, “‘Horrible’ Joey Barton comments and online abuse of 17-year-old female goalkeeper branded ‘bullying’”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[3], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 March 2024:
  The victim playing of these people is beyond pathetic. You’re on the tele luv. You don’t know where you goal is. […] Maybe leave the proper stuff to the fella’s and put a bit of work in to locate the net you’re guardian. Nonsense Football off the tele.

Etymology 2

Noun

tele (uncountable)

According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.

Anagrams

Leet, Teel, leet, teel

Aragonese

Aragonese Wikipedia has an article on:

tele

Wikipedia ^an

Etymology

From tele- +‎ visión.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtele/
Syllabification: te‧le
Rhymes: -ele

Noun

tele f

television
Ixo ye la tele.
That's the telly.

Synonyms

(collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television): televisión
(device for receiving television signals): televisor, televisión

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech tele, from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Noun

tele n (relational adjective telecí, diminutive telátko)

calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

Declension of tele (t-stem neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	tele	telata
genitive	telete	telat
dative	teleti	telatům
accusative	tele	telata
vocative	tele	telata
locative	teleti	telatech
instrumental	teletem	telaty

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tele

masculine singular present transgressive of telit

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

tele

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of telen

Anagrams

eelt, teel

Finnish

Etymology

Short for teleobjektiivi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtele/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞]
Rhymes: -ele
Syllabification^(key): te‧le
Hyphenation^(key): te‧le

Noun

tele (colloquial)

(photographing) telephoto lens

Declension

Inflection of tele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		tele	telet
genitive		telen	telejen
partitive		teleä	telejä
illative		teleen	teleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tele	telet
accusative	nom.	tele	telet
accusative	gen.	telen	telet
genitive		telen	telejen telein ^rare
partitive		teleä	telejä
inessive		telessä	teleissä
elative		telestä	teleistä
illative		teleen	teleihin
adessive		telellä	teleillä
ablative		teleltä	teleiltä
allative		telelle	teleille
essive		telenä	teleinä
translative		teleksi	teleiksi
abessive		telettä	teleittä
instructive		—	telein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		teleni	teleni
accusative	nom.	teleni	teleni
accusative	gen.	teleni	teleni
genitive		teleni	telejeni teleini ^rare
partitive		teleäni	telejäni
inessive		telessäni	teleissäni
elative		telestäni	teleistäni
illative		teleeni	teleihini
adessive		telelläni	teleilläni
ablative		teleltäni	teleiltäni
allative		telelleni	teleilleni
essive		telenäni	teleinäni
translative		telekseni	teleikseni
abessive		telettäni	teleittäni
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	teleineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		telesi	telesi
accusative	nom.	telesi	telesi
accusative	gen.	telesi	telesi
genitive		telesi	telejesi teleisi ^rare
partitive		teleäsi	telejäsi
inessive		telessäsi	teleissäsi
elative		telestäsi	teleistäsi
illative		teleesi	teleihisi
adessive		telelläsi	teleilläsi
ablative		teleltäsi	teleiltäsi
allative		telellesi	teleillesi
essive		telenäsi	teleinäsi
translative		teleksesi	teleiksesi
abessive		telettäsi	teleittäsi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	teleinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		telemme	telemme
accusative	nom.	telemme	telemme
accusative	gen.	telemme	telemme
genitive		telemme	telejemme teleimme ^rare
partitive		teleämme	telejämme
inessive		telessämme	teleissämme
elative		telestämme	teleistämme
illative		teleemme	teleihimme
adessive		telellämme	teleillämme
ablative		teleltämme	teleiltämme
allative		telellemme	teleillemme
essive		telenämme	teleinämme
translative		teleksemme	teleiksemme
abessive		telettämme	teleittämme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	teleinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		telenne	telenne
accusative	nom.	telenne	telenne
accusative	gen.	telenne	telenne
genitive		telenne	telejenne teleinne ^rare
partitive		teleänne	telejänne
inessive		telessänne	teleissänne
elative		telestänne	teleistänne
illative		teleenne	teleihinne
adessive		telellänne	teleillänne
ablative		teleltänne	teleiltänne
allative		telellenne	teleillenne
essive		telenänne	teleinänne
translative		teleksenne	teleiksenne
abessive		telettänne	teleittänne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	teleinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		telensä	telensä
accusative	nom.	telensä	telensä
accusative	gen.	telensä	telensä
genitive		telensä	telejensä teleinsä ^rare
partitive		teleään teleänsä	telejään telejänsä
inessive		telessään telessänsä	teleissään teleissänsä
elative		telestään telestänsä	teleistään teleistänsä
illative		teleensä	teleihinsä
adessive		telellään telellänsä	teleillään teleillänsä
ablative		teleltään teleltänsä	teleiltään teleiltänsä
allative		telelleen telellensä	teleilleen teleillensä
essive		telenään telenänsä	teleinään teleinänsä
translative		telekseen teleksensä	teleikseen teleiksensä
abessive		telettään telettänsä	teleittään teleittänsä
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	teleineen teleinensä

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

leet

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tele f (plural telis)

cloth
canvas

Derived terms

tele di ragn

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

televisión

Wikipedia ^gl

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

televisor

Wikipedia ^gl

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.

Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)der.

Galician tele-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin vīsiōnemlbor.

Galician visión

Galician televisiónclip.

Galician tele

Clipping of televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

(colloquial) TV, telly

Synonyms

(collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television): televisión
(device for receiving television signals): televisor, televisión

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: te‧le
Rhymes: -lɛ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *täwde. Cognates include Finnish täysi, Estonian täis.

Adverb

tele (not comparable)

full (of something -val/-vel), normally with explicit or implied van
Synonym: (comparable) teli

Antonyms: üresen, híján

Tele van a ház pókokkal. ― The house is full of spiders.

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with tele-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see tele-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

Compound words

telis-tele

Expressions

Adjective

tele (not comparable)

full (of something -val/-vel)
Synonym: (comparable) teli

Antonym: üres

Egy tele pohár vizet kaptak. ― They got a full glass of water.

vízzel tele pohár ― a glass full of water

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of teleobjektív.

Noun

tele (plural telék)

(photography, slang) telephoto lens (lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects)
Synonym: teleobjektív

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tele	telék
accusative	telét	teléket
dative	telének	teléknek
instrumental	telével	telékkel
causal-final	teléért	telékért
translative	telévé	telékké
terminative	teléig	telékig
essive-formal	teleként	telékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	telében	telékben
superessive	telén	teléken
adessive	telénél	teléknél
illative	telébe	telékbe
sublative	telére	telékre
allative	teléhez	telékhez
elative	teléből	telékből
delative	teléről	telékről
ablative	telétől	teléktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	teléé	teléké
non-attributive possessive – plural	telééi	telékéi

Possessive forms of *tele*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	telém	teléim
2nd person sing.	teléd	teléid
3rd person sing.	teléje	teléi
1st person plural	telénk	teléink
2nd person plural	telétek	teléitek
3rd person plural	teléjük	teléik

Etymology 3

tél (“winter”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix)

Noun

tele

third-person singular single-possession possessive of tél

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tele	—
accusative	telét	—
dative	telének	—
instrumental	telével	—
causal-final	teléért	—
translative	telévé	—
terminative	teléig	—
essive-formal	teleként	—
essive-modal	teléül	—
inessive	telében	—
superessive	telén	—
adessive	telénél	—
illative	telébe	—
sublative	telére	—
allative	teléhez	—
elative	teléből	—
delative	teléről	—
ablative	telétől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	teléé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	telééi	—

Italian

Etymology 1

Clipping of televisione.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.le/
Rhymes: -ɛle
Hyphenation: tè‧le

Noun

tele f

(informal) telly (UK), TV

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈte.le/
Rhymes: -ele
Hyphenation: té‧le

Noun

tele f pl

plural of tela

Anagrams

Lete, Letè

Latvian

Pronunciation

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Noun

tele f (5th declension)

female calf, immature cow, heifer
pērnā tele ― the heifer from last year

šķirnes tele ― a heifer of good breed

grūsna tele ― pregnant heifer

te Tibils visu vasaru turēja savus lopus: divas teles, abas slaucamās govis, aitas un zirgus ― here Tibils kept his animals all summer: the two heifers, both dairy cows, the sheep and the horses

nopētīju savu ganāmpulki, vai kāda no govīm, īpaši telēm, netaisās laisties blēņās uz zirņu lauku ― he kept an eye on his herd, in case one of the cows, especially the heifers, wanted to play any tricks on the pea fields

Declension

Declension of *tele* (5th)
	singular	plural
nominative	tele	teles
genitive	teles	teļu
dative	telei	telēm
accusative	teli	teles
instrumental	teli	telēm
locative	telē	telēs
vocative	tele	teles

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þeli, þili.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler, definite plural telene)

a frozen layer of soil
Synonym: klake

Verb

tele (present tense teler, past tense tela or telet, past participle tela or telet)

(intransitive, about the ground) to freeze

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler, definite plural telene)

a person from Telemark
Synonyms: telemarking, teledøl

References

“tele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“tele” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, tele-

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

(frozen soil): tållå (Trøndelag) (Snåsa dialect)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þeli, þili. The verb is derived from the noun. Probably related to Swedish tjäle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæle/

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural telar, definite plural telane)

a frozen layer of soil
Synonyms: hardang, klake, speik

Verb

tele (present tense telar, past tense tela, past participle tela, passive infinitive telast, present participle telande, imperative tele/tel)

(intransitive, about the ground or fingers) to freeze

Alternative forms

tela (a- and split infinitives)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler or telar, definite plural telene or telane)

a person from Telemark
Synonym: telemarking

References

“tele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, léte, tele-

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtɛlɛ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtɛlɛ/

Noun

tele n

calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

Declension of tele (t-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tele	teletě	telata
genitive	telete	telatú	telat
dative	teleti	telatma	telatóm
accusative	tele	teletě	telata
vocative	tele	teletě	telata
locative	teleti	telatú	teletech
instrumental	teletem	telatma	telaty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

Czech: tele

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈte.le/

Verb

tele

singular imperative of tellan

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
तेले (Devanagari script)
তেলে (Bengali script)
තෙලෙ (Sinhalese script)
တေလေ (Burmese script)
เตเล (Thai script)
ᨲᩮᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ເຕເລ (Lao script)
តេលេ (Khmer script)
𑄖𑄬𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

tele

locative singular of tela (“oil”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.li/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɨ/

Hyphenation: te‧le

Verb

tele

inflection of telar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Portuguese tele-

Portuguese móvel

Portuguese telemóvelclip.

Portuguese tele

Clipping of telemóvel.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɛ/

Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

tele m (plural teles)

(Portugal, colloquial) clipping of telemóvel
- 2018, Kenga, “Naife”‎^[5]:
  Foda-se, perdi o tele e agora o que é que eu faço?
  Fuck, I lost my phone, now what do I do?

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

▲

French télévisioncalq.

Portuguese televisãoclip.

Portuguese tele

Clipping of televisão.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɛ/

Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

(Portugal, colloquial) clipping of televisão
Synonym: TV

Viste o filme que acabou de passar na tele? ― Did you watch the movie that just screened on TV?

Samoan

Adjective

tele

big

Derived terms

fa'atele

References

Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 261

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /těle/
Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

tèle n (Cyrillic spelling тѐле, diminutive telić)

calf (young bovid)

Declension

Declension of tele

	singular
nominative	tèle
genitive	tèleta
dative	teletu
accusative	tele
vocative	tele
locative	teletu
instrumental	teletom

This word has no plural, but the collective noun tȅlād is used instead.

Related terms

tèletina

gleda kao tele u šarena vrata

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcɛlɛ/

Noun

tele

locative singular of telo

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę̀.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛ̀ːlɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ̀ːlɛ
Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

téle n (relational adjective telẹ́čji, diminutive telȋček)

calf (young cow)
Synonyms: (literary) junȅ, (expressive) telȋček
(slightly derogatory) fool, greenhorn (a foolish, stupid person, especially because of youth, inexperience)
Synonym: (expressive) telȋček

Declension

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , mobile accent, -t- infix
nom. sing.	téle
gen. sing.	telẹ́ta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	téle	telẹ́ti, telẹ̑ti	telẹ̑ta
genitive rodȋlnik	telẹ́ta	telẹ̑t	telẹ̑t
dative dajȃlnik	telẹ́tu, telẹ́ti	telẹ́toma, telẹ̑toma	telẹ̑tom
accusative tožȋlnik	telẹ́to	telẹ́ti, telẹ̑ti	telẹ̑ta
locative mẹ̑stnik	telẹ́tu, telẹ́ti	telẹ̑tih	telẹ̑tih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	telẹ́tom	telẹ́toma, telẹ̑toma	telẹ̑ti
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	téle	telẹ́ti, telẹ̑ti	telẹ̑ta

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

televisión

Wikipedia ^es

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

televisor

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.

Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)der.

Spanish tele-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin vīsiō

Latin -em

Latin vīsiōnembor.

Spanish visión

▲

French télévisioncalq.

Spanish televisiónclip.

Spanish tele

Clipping of televisión.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtele/ [ˈt̪e.le]
Rhymes: -ele
Syllabification: te‧le

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

television
Synonyms: televisión, TV, televisor

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Adjective

tele (invariable)

abundant

Western Maninkakan

Noun

tele

sun

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tele

puppy

References

Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[6] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 78

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Galician

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Usage notes

Derived terms

Adjective

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Declension

See also

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Latvian

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk